Module 8 - Thesis Statement
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Activity 1: Introduction
By now you should have collected data from numerous sources in an attempt to answer your research question. You have also had time to reflect on the meaning, value and implications of your data. You should now be ready to turn your research question into a thesis statement. A thesis combines the writer’s initial research question with a hunch about the direction the data is moving.
For instance, if my research question was: How does childcare create independent children? I now might have a thesis that came from my data that suggests: Childcare--which is researched to find the best providers-- can make a child independent in his/her study habits. Notice that this thesis has a specific angle about childcare and independence. The statement has been determined by some of the research.
